Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided September 12, 2003No. A-7401PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

Guy W. Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder 1 and sentenced to 99 years in prison. In our earlier decision in this case, 2 we addressed Johnson's attorney's motion to withdraw. The attorney claimed that Johnson's case presented no non-frivolous issues. We directed the attorney to file a supplemental brief that conformed with the requirement we established in Griffin v. State: 3 [ An] attorney seeking to withdraw from [an appeal] must provide [this] court with a full explanation of all the claims the attorney has considered and why the attorney has concluded that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. ChaneyAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
  2. State v. WorthamAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Riley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1986
  4. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2001
  5. Sakeagak v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1998

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Vizcarra-Medina v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2008
  2. Trayvon Leon Artis Morrissette v. State of AlaskaCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2023

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